#46BDAF#46BDAF

#46BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDAF
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -36.32, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 36.42, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.107 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.107 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4577, 40.7894, 46.9225)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDAF #BD4654

analogous

#46BD73 #46BDAF #468FBD

triadic

#46BDAF #AF46BD #BDAF46

tetradic

#46BDAF #7346BD #BD4654 #8FBD46

square

#46BDAF #7346BD #BD4654 #8FBD46

split-complementary

#46BDAF #BD468F #BD7346

monochromatic

#24655D #349287 #46BDAF #73CDC3 #A0DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#46BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDAF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDAF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c6',
    500: '#46bdaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdaf;
$custom-light: #87d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDAF

secondary

#CA959B

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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